公开(公告)号：US6044157A

公开(公告)日：2000-03-28

申请号：US815404

申请日：1997-03-10

申请人： Yasushi Uesaka ,  Kazuhiko Yamauchi ,  Masayuki Kozuka ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Koichi Horiuchi ,  Syusuke Haruna

发明人： Yasushi Uesaka ,  Kazuhiko Yamauchi ,  Masayuki Kozuka ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Koichi Horiuchi ,  Syusuke Haruna

IPC分类号： G06F9/30 ,  G11B20/00 ,  G11B20/12 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N9/804 ,  H04N7/167

CPC分类号： G06F9/30003 ,  G11B20/00086 ,  G11B20/0021 ,  G11B20/00768 ,  G11B20/1251 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N2005/91321 ,  H04N2005/91328 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/913

摘要： A microprocessor used in an image information processing system is provided. The microprocessor includes: decryption unit 59 for decrypting the encrypted compressed AV data; IDCT unit 58 for performing an inverse DCT to decompress the decrypted compressed AV data; and microprogram memory 54 for storing microprograms for executing the AV data reproduction instruction which performs decryption and decompression of the encrypted compressed AV data inseparably by using the decryption unit 59 and IDCT unit 58.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于图像信息处理系统的微处理器。 微处理器包括：用于解密加密的压缩AV数据的解密单元59; IDCT单元58，用于执行逆DCT以解压缩解密的压缩AV数据; 以及用于存储用于执行AV数据再现指令的微程序的微程序存储器54，其通过使用解密单元59和IDCT单元58不可分割地执行加密的压缩AV数据的解密和解压缩。

公开(公告)号：US5909565A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-01

申请号：US625627

申请日：1996-03-29

申请人： Toru Morikawa ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Shinya Miyaji

发明人： Toru Morikawa ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Shinya Miyaji

IPC分类号： G06F7/00 ,  G06F9/38 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06F9/3877

摘要： An information processing device, including a main processor and a coprocessor for processing data according to instructions stored in memory, which is composed of an instruction bus for transmitting instructions from memory to the main processor and coprocessor; a first bus used for transmitting data from the main processor to the coprocessor; a second bus used for transmitting data from the coprocessor to the main processor; instruction detecting means for detecting coprocessor calculation instructions out of the instructions received from memory; operand identifying means for identifying source registers and destination registers specified by operands in a detected instruction; data supplying means for supplying data from the identified source registers to the coprocessor via the first bus; data storing means for storing coprocessor calculation results in the identified destination registers; coprocessor instruction detecting means for detecting coprocessor calculation instructions out of all of the instructions received from the memory; and coprocessor instruction executing means for executing the coprocessor calculation instructions detected by the coprocessor instruction detecting means using data supplied by the first bus and for supplying the calculation result on the second bus.

摘要翻译： 一种信息处理装置，包括主处理器和协处理器，用于根据存储在存储器中的指令来处理数据，该指令由用于从存储器向主处理器和协处理器发送指令的指令总线组成; 用于从主处理器向协处理器发送数据的第一总线; 用于将数据从协处理器传送到主处理器的第二总线; 指令检测装置，用于从存储器接收的指令中检测协处理器计算指令; 用于识别在检测到的指令中由操作数指定的源寄存器和目标寄存器的操作数识别装置; 数据提供装置，用于经由第一总线从识别的源寄存器向协处理器提供数据; 数据存储装置，用于将协处理器计算结果存储在所识别的目的地寄存器中; 协处理器指令检测装置，用于从存储器接收到的所有指令中检测协处理器计算指令; 以及协处理器指令执行装置，用于执行由协处理器指令检测装置检测的协处理器计算指令，使用由第一总线提供的数据并将计算结果提供给第二总线。

公开(公告)号：US20090148034A1

公开(公告)日：2009-06-11

申请号：US12315411

申请日：2008-12-03

申请人： Nobuo Higaki ,  Ryujin Watanabe

发明人： Nobuo Higaki ,  Ryujin Watanabe

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/3241 ,  G06K9/6857

摘要： There is disclosed a mobile robot including an image processor that generates recognition information regarding a target object included in a taken image, and a main controller integrally controlling the robot based on this recognition information. The image processor executes steps of: generating a low-resolution image and at least one high-resolution image whose resolution higher than that of the low-resolution image; generating first target object information regarding the target object from the low-resolution image; determining which high-resolution image should be processed if two or more high-resolution images are generated, and then defining a resolution process region in the low-resolution image; processing a region in the high-resolution region corresponding to the resolution process region in the low-resolution image, so as to generate second target object information in the high-resolution image; and determining whether or not the first and the second target object information are matched; and based on this determination, using at least either of the first and the second target object information, thereby to generate the recognition information.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种移动机器人，其包括：图像处理器，其生成关于包括在拍摄图像中的目标对象的识别信息;以及主控制器，基于该识别信息来一体地控制机器人。 图像处理器执行以下步骤：产生分辨率高于低分辨率图像的分辨率的低分辨率图像和至少一个高分辨率图像; 从所述低分辨率图像生成关于所述目标对象的第一目标对象信息; 如果生成两个或多个高分辨率图像，则确定应该处理哪个高分辨率图像，然后在低分辨率图像中定义分辨率处理区域; 处理对应于低分辨率图像中的分辨率处理区域的高分辨率区域中的区域，以便在高分辨率图像中产生第二目标对象信息; 以及确定所述第一和第二目标对象信息是否匹配; 并且基于该确定，使用第一和第二目标对象信息中的至少一个，从而生成识别信息。

公开(公告)号：US20080307198A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-11

申请号：US12179873

申请日：2008-07-25

申请人： Tomonori Kataoka ,  Hideshi Nishida ,  Kouzou Kimura ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Tokuzo Kiyohara

发明人： Tomonori Kataoka ,  Hideshi Nishida ,  Kouzou Kimura ,  Nobuo Higaki ,  Tokuzo Kiyohara

IPC分类号： G06F15/76 ,  G06F9/02

CPC分类号： H04N19/86 ,  G06F9/3885 ,  H04N19/42 ,  H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/44 ,  H04N19/523 ,  H04N19/61

摘要： A signal-processing apparatus includes an instruction-parallel processor, a first data-parallel processor, a second data-parallel processor, and a motion detection unit, a de-blocking filtering unit and a variable-length coding/decoding unit which are dedicated hardware. With this structure, during signal processing of an image compression and decompression algorithm needing a large amount of processing, the load is distributed between software and hardware, so that the signal-processing apparatus can realize high processing capability and flexibility.

摘要翻译： 信号处理装置包括指令并行处理器，第一数据并行处理器，第二数据并行处理器和运动检测单元，解块滤波单元和可变长度编码/解码单元，它们是专用的 硬件。 利用这种结构，在需要大量处理的图像压缩和解压缩算法的信号处理期间，负载分布在软件和硬件之间，使得信号处理装置可以实现高处理能力和灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US07418139B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-26

申请号：US10563064

申请日：2004-07-01

申请人： Nobuo Higaki

发明人： Nobuo Higaki

IPC分类号： G06K9/48

CPC分类号： G06K9/48 ,  G06K9/6207 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/149

摘要： To provide a contour extraction apparatus which can perform much more quickly the contour division when required while reducing the cost for computing. In contour extraction unit 32: a plurality of nodes are located on a periphery of the target object by the node locator 32A; the contour, which is formed by connecting nodes at a predetermined connection order, is deformed by the contour deformation unit 32B; an internode distance about all combination of nodes excepting the inter node distance between adjacent nodes is computed by the internode distance calculator 32C; it is checked by the connection creator 32D whether or not the combination of nodes whose internode distance is below a first threshold value exists, a connection line to divide the contour is created, the connection line connects one of nodes in the combination with the node adjacent to the other node in the combination, and the node adjacent to the other node is the node being positioning upstream or downstream in the predetermined connection order with respect to the other node.

摘要翻译： 提供一种轮廓提取装置，其可以在需要时更快地执行轮廓划分，同时降低计算成本。 在轮廓提取单元32中：多个节点由节点定位器32A位于目标对象的外围; 由轮廓变形部32B变形由连接节点以规定的连接顺序形成的轮廓， 通过节间距离计算器32C计算关于除了相邻节点之间的节间距离之外的节点的所有组合的节间距离; 由连接创建器32D检查是否存在节间距离低于第一阈值的节点的组合，创建用于划分轮廓的连接线，连接线将组合中的节点之一连接到节点 并且与其他节点相邻的节点是相对于另一个节点以预定连接顺序定位在上游或下游的节点。

公开(公告)号：US07277559B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-02

申请号：US10702478

申请日：2003-11-07

申请人： Shinichi Matsunaga ,  Nobuo Higaki

发明人： Shinichi Matsunaga ,  Nobuo Higaki

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  H04N13/02

CPC分类号： G05D1/0251 ,  B25J5/00 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  G05D1/0274 ,  G05D2201/0211

摘要： A mobile apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of imaging devices, a measurement device for measuring a current position and direction of the imaging devices, a map data storing section which stores map data including at least registered information on positions of stationary objects, a recognized distance calculating section which obtains a parallax for a plurality of images, a reference distance calculating section which calculates a reference distance from the imaging devices to a front border of each stationary object, a retracting section for determining a range of image processing, which selects a set of pixels to be processed so as to generate a retracted image, a detecting section for detecting objects from the retracted image, a transport device, and a transport controller for controlling movement of the transport device according to information about the objects detected by the detecting section.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种移动装置，其包括多个成像装置，用于测量成像装置的当前位置和方向的测量装置，地图数据存储部分，其存储至少包括关于静止物体的位置的登记信息的地图数据， 获取多个图像的视差的识别距离计算部，计算从成像装置到各静止物体的前方边界的基准距离的基准距离计算部，确定图像处理范围的缩回部， 要处理的像素的集合以产生缩回图像，用于从缩回图像中检测对象的检测部分，传送装置和传送控制器，用于根据关于由所述缩回图像检测到的对象的信息来控制传送装置的移动 检测部分。

公开(公告)号：US20070165931A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-19

申请号：US11634315

申请日：2006-12-06

申请人： Nobuo Higaki

发明人： Nobuo Higaki

IPC分类号： G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00362 ,  G06K9/00201 ,  G06K9/00228 ,  G06T7/251 ,  G06T2207/10004 ,  G06T2207/30196

摘要： A human being detection apparatus includes a moving object detecting part for detecting a target region from the picture image as a region of the moving object and a target distance as a distance to the moving object, a head region setting part for setting the head region corresponding to the target distance, a sample storing image part for storing a sample image having a predetermined size corresponding to the head region of the human being, and a human being determining part for determining whether or not the moving object is a human being by comparing the head region in the picture image converted to have a predetermined size with the sample image.

摘要翻译： 人体检测装置包括：运动物体检测部分，用于从作为移动物体的区域的图像图像检测目标区域和作为到运动物体的距离的目标距离;头部区域设置部分，用于将头部区域对应 与目标距离相对应的样本存储图像部分，用于存储与人的头部区域相对应的具有预定尺寸的样本图像;以及人类确定部分，用于通过比较所述移动物体是否是人类来确定移动物体是否是人类 图像中的头部区域被转换为具有样本图像的预定大小。

公开(公告)号：US20060126941A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11301117

申请日：2005-12-13

申请人： Nobuo Higaki

发明人： Nobuo Higaki

IPC分类号： G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00234 ,  G06K9/00201 ,  G06K9/00369 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/136 ,  G06T7/254 ,  G06T2207/30201

摘要： The invention provides a face region estimating device capable of extracting a person's face region even when an illumination environment, for example, is changed and persons with different skin colors are contained in a picked-up image taken by a camera. The face region estimating device includes: a mobile body detecting unit for extracting the outline of a mobile body from the picked-up image and for generating an object distance image composed of pixels corresponding to a distance in which the mobile body exists; a head region setting unit for setting a head region based on the pixel distribution in the object distance image corresponding to a predetermined range on the basis of a pixel position at the upper part of the outline; and a face region extracting unit for extracting the person's face region from the picked-up image based on the color distribution in the picked-up image corresponding to the head region.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种即使在照相机拍摄的拍摄图像中例如改变照明环境并且具有不同肤色的人被包含的人也能够提取人脸部区域的面部区域估计装置。 面部区域估计装置包括：移动体检测单元，用于从拍摄图像中提取移动体的轮廓，并且生成由与移动体存在的距离对应的像素构成的物体距离图像; 一个头部区域设置单元，用于根据轮廓上部的像素位置，根据与预定范围对应的物体距离图像中的像素分布来设置头部区域; 以及面部区域提取单元，用于根据与头部区域对应的拍摄图像中的颜色分布，从拍摄图像中提取人脸部区域。

公开(公告)号：US20050180611A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US10965919

申请日：2004-10-18

申请人： Takahiro Oohashi ,  Naoaki Sumida ,  Nobuo Higaki

发明人： Takahiro Oohashi ,  Naoaki Sumida ,  Nobuo Higaki

IPC分类号： G06T7/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06T1/00

CPC分类号： G06K9/00248 ,  G06K9/00234 ,  G06K9/00261

摘要： A face identification apparatus for identifying a face is designed to have a face region expectation measure for expecting his/her face region within the image; a pupil-candidate-point detection measure for converting the face region to an image of a standard size, making it a standard image, and detecting his/her right/left pupil candidate points out of a search region within the standard image; a reference data generation measure for generating a normalization image from the standard image with making it a standard a distance of the right/left pupil candidate points and making reference data for evaluating advisability of the face region from the normalization image; and a face region evaluation measure for obtaining a degree of approximation between the reference data and standard data prepared in advance and evaluating the advisability of the face region.

摘要翻译： 用于识别脸部的面部识别装置被设计为具有用于期望他/她的脸部区域在图像内的面部区域期望度量; 用于将脸部区域转换为标准尺寸的图像的瞳孔候选点检测措施，使其成为标准图像，并且从标准图像内的搜索区域检测他/她的右/左瞳孔候选点; 参考数据生成措施，用于从所述标准图像生成标准化图像，使其成为所述右/左瞳孔候选点的标准距离，并且从所述标准化图像中提取用于评估所述面部区域的可取性的参考数据; 以及面部区域评价措施，用于获得参考数据和预先准备的标准数据之间的近似度，并评估面部区域的可取性。

公开(公告)号：US20050147277A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-07

申请号：US11015796

申请日：2004-12-20

申请人： Nobuo Higaki ,  Takamichi Shimada

发明人： Nobuo Higaki ,  Takamichi Shimada

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06T7/20

CPC分类号： G06K9/00362 ,  G06T7/251 ,  G06T7/254 ,  G06T7/285 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/10028 ,  G06T2207/30196

摘要： The present invention detects a moving object by generating the distance information of the moving object, detecting the object motion, determining the object distance, detecting the object image area and the object contour from the video image that includes the object image and contour, and provides a moving object detection apparatus to carry out such detection as well as detecting a contour of the specific moving object by detecting the center of the moving object in high precision.

摘要翻译： 本发明通过从包括对象图像和轮廓的视频图像生成运动对象的距离信息，检测对象运动，确定对象距离，检测对象图像区域和对象轮廓来检测移动对象，并且提供 移动物体检测装置，通过以高精度检测移动物体的中心，进行这种检测以及检测特定移动物体的轮廓。